Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-10-25
ENVELOPED In FLAMES.
Mrs. Fred Schuett's Frightful En-
perience this Afternoon.
H-r Ciathes Catch Fire from Fur
n1-e and She is Terribly Burned---
Ir she Does not Die. She Will be
Permanently Manned.

Mrs. Fred Schuett, wife ofthe butcher,
2529 Fifth avenue. met with a fTightful
mishsp this afternoon, which, if it don't
result fatally, will cause the victim great
suffering before she recovers and she
will be cripple the remainder of her
DAYS. Mrs Sehuett WAS rendering lard
Ia the brick house built for that purpose
III the rear of the shop-sIirring the
greasy substance 10 great kettle resting
on brick furnace. She was in the act
Of oreniug the furnace door, when sud-
den lraught drove the flames out and in
an instant her apron was ablaze. With
rare presence of mind she jerked it off,
but the fiery demon had caught on her
dress. With ravenous rapidity the
flames spread to all parts of her clothing.
She screamed and dashed into Twenty>
sixth street. tearing her clothes from her
as she ran. Outside of the gate she fell
pTostrate, the fire having devoured near
!y all the clothing she had not torn off.
tnry Holland, mill hand, was one of
the first to be attracted, and seizing the
woman, he rushed with her to the trough
in the mill yards and placed her in it.
Thus the fire which still clung to the rem
nants Of her garments were extingushed.
Mr.. Holland and Mr.. Anthony Koch then
wrapped the unfortunate woman in
cloak and carried her home She did
not lose consciousness, but her whole
system WAS so terribly shocked that she
did not realize the extent of her pain or
injury when DR.. Barth, who had been
summoned By telephone, called.
Upon examination it was found that
nearly all of the body had been more or
less burned. The legs and arms were
bIistered, the most serious burns, how
ever, being in the palms of the hands
and on the back near the spine.
These are what the doctor calls
second degree barns, the fire having
eaten its way through the skin and into
the flesh. Her corsets saved her breast,
aud her hair which had been done IN on
the back of her head, protected the head
The eye brows were destroyed and the
fire had blistered the tips of the ears and
burned clear into the roots of the hair
before it was finally conquered. On
many parts OF the body the skin was so
shriveled and burned that it dropped off
in small particles
DR.. Barth informed an ARGUs reporter
that he would be unable to tell at This
stage of the case whether fatal results
would follow or not. He was hope
ful, but could not tell At any
rate the hands would be drawn up and
made salmost useless. Mr.. Schuett was
at slaughter house in Davenport and
WAS communicated with by telephone,
and retul ned home at once.
1t IS possible that some OF the lard
may have been on the clothing and lhus
made the flames more difficult to suhdue
| Those who SAW the woman as she dashed
out INTO the street screaming and mel
clothes one mass of flames, say it was q
sight they shall never forget. The affair
created a sensation in the east end OF
| town, and great crowd gathered about
/ the shop as the news spread.
| Mrs. Schuett was born iu Rock Island
and has lived here all her life Hel
maiden name was Hannah Hay She is
! thirty>three years of age and has foul
children.